Cohort companies admitted
Opora
San Francisco, US
Developer cyber threat intelligence technologies. It combines cloud computing, big data, machine learning, and other cutting-edge fields into an intelligent, dynamic, and robust cyber threat intelligence platform running on the global cloud
Akyless
US, NYC/Israel
akeyless.io/
Zero Knowledge, Cloud Vault platform for secrets management. The company's system is agnostic to any cloud environment and delivers hardware security module grade security, enabling organizations to protect their data.
Spain/Argentina
Developer of cyber security software designed to safeguard the identity, fraud prevention, mobile payments and IoT security. The company's cyber security software is based on the identification of voice fingerprints where users can be identified by voice and also certified if this person is alive using complex algorithms, behavior analysis and machine learning, enabling companies and government agencies to ease out the process of authentication and proof of life.
Cryptosense
France
Security analysis software designed to eliminate crypto misuse and key-management vulnerabilities from applications and infrastructure. The company's security analysis software offers a tool for vulnerability assessment in cryptographic interfaces that earns the behavior of the device under test and adapts its attack search from scratch to suit, enabling customers to download a software required to capture details of cryptography usage on their infrastructure, and send the traces obtained to the company's server in the cloud for analysis.
King and Union
Washington D.C, US
Threat analytics platform intended to unite security professionals and amplify the power of cybersecurity analysts. The company's platform provides a dynamic workspace where security operators and analysts can lean in, cut through the noise and reduce the time to address threats from hours to minutes, enabling organizations to access unique and exclusive data sources, automate repetitive workflows and leverages real-time collaboration to deliver unparalleled insight.
Inky
Maryland, US
AI based anti-phishing platform designed to block unusual or suspicious threats. The company's platform uses novel computer vision and anomaly detection algorithms to identify and block both brand forgery emails and spear-phishing attempts, enabling users to offer specific guidance on potentially problematic messages anywhere.
NYC, US/Israel
Provider of cybersecurity products and services intended to deliver unmatched cyber protection. The company's product and services gives continuous external assessment of the cybersecurity posture of third parties, managing and quantifying the potential risk of a supply-chain attack vector by evaluating security improvement programs vs. actual threat scenarios.
Israel
Developer of a cybersecurity system designed to detect and eliminate cyber attacks and maintain data privacy. The company's system combines reverse tracking technology that detects abnormal intrusions, identifies senders and recipients of malicious software, updates users of all doubtful cyber activities and blocks contacts and sources of phishing mails.
Switzerland
AI Platform that illuminates external attack surface and Dark Web exposure for well-informed, risk-based and DevSecOps-enabled application penetration testing.
What we're
looking for?
We look to partner with emerging companies demonstrating strong fundamental performance and organic growth that look to accelerate their expansion and scale globally.
We target growth-ready startups, that have initial product/market fit validation, with revenue range of $500K - $5m, considering to establish their US Headquarters in NYC in the 12 months.
Startups may offer products in any cyber security category, including:
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Endpoint Security
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Cloud Security
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Network Security
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IoT Security
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Incident Response
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Application Security
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Mobile Security
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Web Security
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Privacy/Data Security
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Authentication/Identity
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Threat Intelligence
Solutions may address industries such as financial services, insurance, healthcare, media, industrial, smart city, SMBs or others.
Why join?
JVP Play CyberNYC offers participating startups access to potential customers, investors, industry mentors, personnel, space and other resources. In addition, JVP Play CyberNYC will support startups through a selective model that targets specific verticals such as finance, health, media, retail, etc.
JVP Play CyberNYC is focused on providing you a bespoke program, closely assisted and mentored by leading industry professionals and thought leaders, covering:
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Strategy – helping you define your scale strategy, with focus on the US market and the New York business opportunity
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Business Development – identifying customers and channels, introducing you to business opportunities in NYC and beyond
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Marketing – refining your positioning, messaging, competitive advantage and lead-generation efforts
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Executive Search – helping you build the right team in the US
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Funding – JVP would evaluate investing in your company, as well as potentially introduce you to additional investors
In addition, you’ll gain:
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3 months of free co-working space in the heart of Manhattan
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Hands-on support from top mentors and experts
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Tailored workshops
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Product validation
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Potential advisors introductions